I would suggest reading Building Background Knowledge for Academic > Achievement by Robert J. Marzano. It is actually about teaching vocabulary. >
I'd add to this recommendation with this book: Accelerated Vocabulary Instruction: Strategies for Closing the Achievement Gap for All Students by Nancy Akhaven as well as: The Word-Conscious Classroom: Building the Vocabulary Readers and Writers Need<http://www.amazon.com/Word-Conscious-Classroom-Building-Vocabulary-Readers/dp/0439845661/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1299690739&sr=8-1> - Paperback (Mar. 1, 2008) by Judith Scott, Bonnie Skobel and Jan Wells _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
